Willie Ruth Sanders McCalvin

We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Willie Ruth McCalvin, age 90, of Donalsonville, GA who passed away Friday, March 5, 2010 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. McCalvin will be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at 3:00 PM at the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in Donalsonville, GA with Dr. Ron McCaskill, Rev. Andy Merritt, and Rev. Eric Boomer officiating. Interment will follow in Friendship Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the funeral home. Mrs. McCalvin was born in Houston County, AL on February 22, 1920 to the late Joseph and Lessie Elizabeth Arnold Sanders. She was a homemaker and well known for her poetry that she wrote for the Donalsonville News. She had also been a member of the Garden Club and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She leaves to cherish her memory a son, Joe McCalvin and his wife Joyce of Donalsonville, GA; four daughters, Nellie Lynn and her husband Eddie of Donalsonville, GA, Shirley Oder of Tallahassee, FL, Betty Hill and her husband Ivy of Tallahassee, FL, and Elizabeth Keen of Dothan, AL; and two brothers, Lee Sanders of Toms River, New Jersey and George Sanders of Mexico Beach, FL. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and 3 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Lessie Elizabeth Arnold Sanders; her husband, Luther McCalvin; three brothers, Clyde Sanders, John Sanders, and Charles Tew; two sisters, Claudia Richardson, and Clemmie Sanders;a son-in-law, Ben Oder; and a daughter-in-law, Vinie McCalvin. Active casketbearers will be James Turner, Marty McCalvin, Ricky Martin, Ridgeway Stone, Ivey Hill, and Bubba Chance. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Benevolent Fund PO Box 81 Donalsonville, GA 39845. Evans-Skipper Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.